A friend of mine made a simular oven, only they used cement paving bricks. They haven't used it much, but I don't think it would last very long if they did.

I agree that I wouldn't want to use painted metal around an oven I intend to eat out of.

I went back to the hardware store and priced out the building costs. $300 and the bricks are just landscaping bricks. The salesperson said to expect them to crack and flake with prolonged use; Not really something I'd want to find a chunk of when biting into a piece of pizza or fresh loaf.

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